Alexander Haig, when confronted with the chaos that was the Reagan White House in March 1981, asserted, “I’m in control here!”
The record was soon set straight, but by then General Haig had seriously shot himself in the foot.
General Haig had served with the Nixon Administration, at the height of the Watergate affair as White House chief of staff in May 1973. Retaining his Army commission, he remained in the position until September 21, 1974, ultimately overseeing the transition to the presidency of Gerald Ford following Nixon’s resignation on August 9, 1974.
Haig has been largely credited with keeping the government running while President Nixon was preoccupied with Watergate and was essentially seen as the “acting president” during Nixon’s last few months in office.
Easy to see why he pictured himself as the “take-charge” guy in moments of crisis.
Just as General Kelly and Secretary Tillerman would years later.
The reason he lost credibility is that he seemed to be ignoring the constitution, that passed the power to the VP etc. The press hated him so destroyed him as being power hungry, but he was actually trying to assure the country to stay calm.
However, if the shooting of Reagan had been a communist plan, i.e. prior to an attack on the USA, Haig would have been right.
as for Tillerson, one reason to agree with Haley is that Trump fired him when he was overseas, right after he assured the Euroweenies that he would stop Trump from changing things in NATO etc.
“...asserted, “I’m in control here!”
I was glued to the TV at the time, and it was with relief that he appeared on TV and said that.
We had just seen some guy on TV, a spokesman for the administration, speaking in a halting and confused way, trying to tell what was going on, and his demeanor and method of speaking would cause anyone to panic.
I read that the reason Haig dashed up the stairs and onto the cameras was because of that man’s particular pathetic attempts to comfort and assure the nation.
These two Bozos were traitors. Tilllerman an overrated businessman not equal to Trump and I will let history judge the general.